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speedtest(6)                  Svgalib User Manual                 speedtest(6)


NAME

       speedtest - tests the speed of memory access under svgalib


SYNOPSIS

       speedtest


DESCRIPTION

       Video memory speed tester. Selects the given mode and makes linear
       screen accesses. Prints the overall run time of the test and deduces
       the speed with which the CPU can transfer data to the cards memory.

       The demo gives a list of modes supported and prompts your for an
       integer indentifying the mode to test.

       This demo is part of svgalib and can be found in the demos/
       subdirectory of the original svgalib distribution. However, it is not
       installed in the system by default, s.t. it is unclear where you can
       find it if your svgalib was installed by some linux distribution. Even
       then, when you have the demo on your system, you probably won't have
       the sources s.t. it is only of limited use for you.

       In case of any such problem, simply get an svgalib distribution from
       the net. You even don't need to install it. Just make in the demos/
       subdirecty. As of this writing, svgalib-1.2.12.tar.gz is the latest
       version and can be retrieved by ftp from sunsite.unc.edu at
       /pub/Linux/libs/graphics and tsx-11.mit.edu at /pub/linux/sources/libs
       which will most probably be mirrored by a site close to you.


SEE ALSO

       svgalib(7), vgagl(7), libvga.config(5), threed(6), accel(6),
       bg_test(6), eventtest(6), forktest(6), fun(6), keytest(6),
       mousetest(6), scrolltest(6), spin(6), testaccel(6), testgl(6),
       testlinear(6), vgatest(6), plane(6), wrapdemo(6)


AUTHOR

       This manual page was edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-
       essen.de>. The exact source of the referenced demo as well as of the
       original documentation is unknown.

       It is very likely that both are at least to some extent are due to Harm
       Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.

       Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby asked to be excused by the
       original author and will happily accept any additions or corrections to
       this first version of the svgalib manual.

Svgalib (>= 1.2.11)              29 July 1997                     speedtest(6)

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